Sergey Piletsky | |
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Nationality | British |
Education | PhD, DSc |
Alma mater | Kyiv University, Cranfield University |
Occupation | Professor |
Employer | Leicester University |
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Awards | Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Leverhulme Trust Fellowship DFG Fellowship Institute of Analytical Chemistry Award of President of Ukraine Japan Society for Promotion of Science and Technology Fellowship |
Website | https://le.ac.uk/people/sergey-piletsky |
Sergey Piletsky is a professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry and the Research Director for School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.[1]
Sergey graduated from Kyiv University, Ukraine, obtaining an MSc in chemistry in 1985 and researched on synthesis of the polymers selective for nucleic acids, for which he was awarded with a PhD in 1991. Cranfield University awarded Sergey with a DSc for his work on molecularly imprinted polymers for diagnostics applications.[1]
Sergey is a recipient of Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award,[1] Leverhulme Trust Fellowship, DFG Fellowship from the Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Award of President of Ukraine, and Japan Society for Promotion of Science and Technology Fellowship.[1]
Sergey's work in molecular imprinting focuses on: (i) the fundamental study of the recognition properties of molecularly imprinted polymers;[2][3] (ii) the development of sensors and assays for environmental and clinical analysis;[4] and (iii) the development of molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for theranostic applications.[5]
Sergey introduced computational design into the field of molecular imprinting, by scientifically demonstrating that non-covalent interaction between the template molecule and polymer is through the technique known as 'bite and switch' wherein functional groups first non-covalently bond with the binding site, but during the rebinding step, the polymer matrix forms irreversible covalent bonds with the target molecule.[6] A number of research groups around the world follow his ideas in developing functional imprinted polymers for a variety of applications.[7][8]